I have to admit I have been lax on testing my water and keeping up with the parameters. I haven't had any issues in the tank for some time and I just haven't tested much. The last set of tests I did on the water was about 6 weeks ago. Today, since I'm off all week, I thought I would see what the water was doing. After nearly 3 years I have finally arrived at 0 NitrAtes. I thought since I hadn't tested in so long that I may have messed up so I did a second to verify results. 0 My tank has always stayed between 5 and 10 for NitrAtes but today it is 0. Just thought I would share. LOL

I need a new alk kit but my CA is at 500. My PH this morning was 7.9 my lights don't come on til well...right now the actinics turned on. MH in a couple of hours. I'll test the PH again later this evening and see where it is. My guess is 8.3 ish....